InstallBuilder User Guide 24

    "xml.fileAssociations":[{
        "systemId": "/path/to/installbuilder/docs/InstallBuilder.xsd",
        "pattern": "**/*.xml"
       },
       {
        "systemId": "https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd",
        "pattern": "**/*.xsd"
       }]

 <addTextToFile>
    <file>${installdir}/foo.txt</file>
    <text>line1&#xA;line2&#xA;line3</text>
 </addTextToFile>

  <writeFile>
    <path>${installdir}/${project.vendor}-x-my-mime.xml</path>
    <text><![CDATA[
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mime-info xmlns='http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info'>
  <mime-type type="application/x-my-mime">
    <comment>My new file type</comment>
    <glob pattern="*.mymime"/>
  </mime-type>
</mime-info>
 ]]></text>
  </writeFile>

  $> chmod +x installbuilder-professional-24.7.0-linux-installer.run

  $> ./installbuilder-professional-24.7.0-linux-installer.run

  $> unzip installbuilder-professional-24.7.0-osx-installer.app.zip

  $> open installbuilder-professional-24.7.0-osx-installer.app

$> builder build ~/project.xml --license ~/licenses/license.xml

$> builder --license ~/licenses/license.xml

 $> /home/user/installbuilder-24.7.0/bin/builder

<project>
  ...
  <!-- Component bundling the validator -->
  <componentList>
    <component>
    <name>tools</name>
       <folderList>
          <folder>
             <name>license</name>
             <destination>${installdir}</destination>
             <distributionFileList>
                <distributionFile origin="/path/to/validator.exe"/>
             </distributionFileList>
          </folder>
       </folderList>
    </component>
  </componentList>
  ...
  <parameterList>
    ...
    <!-- License key page -->
    <parameterGroup>
       <name>licensekey</name>
       <title>License Key</title>
       <explanation>Please enter your registration key</explanation>
       <value></value>
       <default></default>
       <orientation>horizontal</orientation>
       <parameterList>
          <!-- A stringParameter for each field. We include a "-" as description to simulate the license-type format -->
          <stringParameter name="field1" description="" allowEmptyValue="0" width="4"/>
          <stringParameter name="field2" description="-" allowEmptyValue="0" width="4"/>
          <stringParameter name="field3" description="-" allowEmptyValue="0" width="4"/>
          <stringParameter name="field4" description="-" allowEmptyValue="0" width="4"/>
       </parameterList>
       <validationActionList>
          <!-- Check all the fields have the appropriate length -->
          <foreach variables="field">
             <values>"${field1}" "${field2}" "${field3}" "${field4}"</values>
             <actionList>
                <throwError>
                   <text>${field}: Field should be four digits length</text>
                   <ruleList>
                       <compareTextLength text="${field}" logic="equals" length="4" negate="1"/>
                   </ruleList>
                </throwError>
                <throwError>
                   <text>${field}: Should be a pure digit string</text>
                   <ruleList>
                       <stringTest text="${field}" type="digit" negate="1"/>
                   </ruleList>
                </throwError>
             </actionList>
          </foreach>
          <!-- Join all the fields to create the license number -->
          <setInstallerVariable name="normalizedkey" value="${field1}${field2}${field3}${field4}"/>
          <!-- Unpack a bundled validator program and check if the license is correct -->
          <unpackFile>
            <destination>${system_temp_directory}</destination>
            <component>tools</component>
            <folder>license</folder>
            <origin>validator.exe</origin>
          </unpackFile>
          <runProgram>
            <program>${system_temp_directory}/validator.exe</program>
            <programArguments>${normalizedkey}</programArguments>
          </runProgram>
          <throwError text="Wrong license key, please enter a valid one">
            <ruleList>
              <compareText text="${program_stdout}" logic="equals" value="1"/>
            </ruleList>
          </throwError>
       </validationActionList>
       <ruleList>
          <compareText text="${installer_ui}" logic="equals" value="gui"/>
       </ruleList>
    </parameterGroup>
    ...
  </parameterList>
  ...
</project>

 <stringParameter>
    <name>licensekeytext</name>
    <title>License Key</title>
    <description>Please introduce your registration key:</description>
    <validationActionList>
       ...
    </validationActionList>
    <ruleList>
       <compareText text="${installer_ui}" logic="equals" value="text"/>
    </ruleList>
 </stringParameter>

<validationActionList>
    <mathExpression>
        <text>${field1}+${field3}</text>
        <variable>sum1</variable>
    </mathExpression>
    <setInstallerVariableFromRegEx>
        <name>trimmedSum1</name>
        <pattern>.*(\d{4})$</pattern>
        <substitution>\1</substitution>
        <text>${sum1}</text>
    </setInstallerVariableFromRegEx>
    <mathExpression>
        <text>${field2}+${field4}</text>
        <variable>sum2</variable>
    </mathExpression>
    <setInstallerVariableFromRegEx>
        <name>trimmedSum2</name>
        <pattern>.*(\d{4})$</pattern>
        <substitution>\1</substitution>
        <text>${sum2}</text>
    </setInstallerVariableFromRegEx>
    <throwError>
        <text>Invalid License or License Count Exceeded</text>
        <ruleList>
            <compareValues>
                <logic>does_not_equal</logic>
                <value1>${trimmedSum2}</value1>
                <value2>${trimmedSum1}</value2>
            </compareValues>
        </ruleList>
    </throwError>
 </validationActionList>

<validationActionList>
    <httpPost>
        <filename>${system_temp_directory}/post_result</filename>
        <url>http://www.example.com/validate.php</url>
        <queryParameterList>
            <queryParameter name="key" value="${normalizedkey}"/>
        </queryParameterList>
    </httpPost>
    <md5>
      <text>${normalizedkey}+secretKey</text>
      <variable>expected</variable>
    </md5>

    <readFile name="result" path="${system_temp_directory}/post_result"/>
    <throwError text="Invalid License or License Count Exceeded">
        <ruleList>
            <compareText>
                <logic>does_not_contain</logic>
                <text>${result}</text>
                <value>${expected}</value>
            </compareText>
        </ruleList>
    </throwError>
    <deleteFile path="${system_temp_directory}/post_result"/>
 </validationActionList>

<platformOptionsList>
   <platformOptions>
      <platform>linux</platform>
      <leftImage>images/abc_linux_left.png</leftImage>
      <height>400</height>
   </platformOptions>
   <platformOptions>
      <postInstallationScript>${installdir}/linux-x64-script.sh</postInstallationScript>
      <platform>linux-x64</platform>
   </platformOptions>
   <platformOptions>
       <platform>solaris-sparc</platform>
       <leftImage>images/abc_solaris_sparc_left.png</leftImage>
   </platformOptions>
   <platformOptions>
       <platform>solaris-intel</platform>
       <leftImage>images/abc_solaris_intel_left.png</leftImage>
   </platformOptions>
   <platformOptions>
       <platform>windows</platform>
       <leftImage>images/abc_left.png</leftImage>
   </platformOptions>
   <platformOptions>
       <platform>osx</platform>
       <leftImage>images/abc_osx_left.png</leftImage>
       <height>500</height>
   </platformOptions>
</platformOptionsList>

$> bin/builder build project.xml cdrom

$> ls output/

sample-1.0-cdrom
sample-1.0-cdrom.1
sample-1.0-cdrom.2
sample-1.0-cdrom.3

<project>
   ...
   <shortName>myProduct</shortName>
   <installationType>normal</installationType>
   ...
   <initializationActionList>
     <setInstallerVariable>
       <name>project.installationType</name>
       <value>upgrade</value>
       <ruleList>
         <!-- Check that the env variable exists -->
         <compareText>
            <text>${env(MYPRODUCT_VERSION)}</text>
            <logic>does_not_equal</logic>
            <value></value>
         </compareText>
         <!-- Compare the versions -->
         <compareVersions>
            <version1>${project.version}</version1>
            <logic>greater</logic>
            <version2>${env(MYPRODUCT_VERSION)}</version2>
         </compareVersions>
       </ruleList>
     </setInstallerVariable>
   </initializationActionList>
   ...
</project>

<stringParameter>
  <name>licenseKey</name>
  <description>Please provide a license key. If you leave the field empty
  you just will be able to test the basic functionality</description>
  <insertBefore>components</insertBefore>
  <postShowPageActionList>
    <actionGroup>
      <actionList>
        <setInstallerVariable>
          <name>project.component(premiumComponent).selected</name>
          <value>0</value>
        </setInstallerVariable>
        <setInstallerVariable>
          <name>project.component(premiumComponent).canBeEdited</name>
          <value>0</value>
        </setInstallerVariable>
      </actionList>
      <ruleList>
        <compareText>
          <text>${licenseKey}</text>
          <logic>equals</logic>
          <value></value>
        </compareText>
      </ruleList>
    </actionGroup>
  </postShowPageActionList>
</stringParameter>

<project>
  ...
  <parameterList>
    <parameterGroup>
      <name>mysqlConfiguration</name>
      <parameterList>
        <stringParameter name="port" description="MySQL port" value="3306"/>
        <passwordParameter name="password" description="MySQL root password" value=""/>
        ...
      </parameterList>
    </parameterGroup>
  </parameterList>
  ...
</project>

<project>
  ...
  <componentList>
    <component>
      <name>mySQL</name>
      <parameterList>
        <parameterGroup>
          <name>mysqlConfiguration</name>
          <parameterList>
            <stringParameter name="port" description="MySQL port" value="3306"/>
            <passwordParameter name="password" description="MySQL root password" value=""/>
            ...
          </parameterList>
        </parameterGroup>
      </parameterList>
    </component>
  </componentList>
  ...
</project>

<project>
  ...
  <componentList>
   <component>
     <name>mySQL</name>
     <parameterList>
       <booleanParameter>
         <name>enableAdvanced</name>
         <description>Do you want to enable the advanced configuration?</description>
         <postShowPageActionList>
           <!-- Enable the page, which is disabled by default -->
           <setInstallerVariable>
             <name>project.component(mySQL).parameter(mysqlAdvanced).ask</name>
             <value>1</value>
             <ruleList>
                <isTrue value="${project.component(mySQL).parameter(enableAdvanced).value}"/>
             </ruleList>
           </setInstallerVariable>
         </postShowPageActionList>
       </booleanParameter>
       <parameterGroup>
          <name>mysqlAdvanced</name>
          <parameterList>
             <stringParameter name="mysqlPort" description="MySQL port" value="3306"/>
             <passwordParameter name="mysqlPassword" description="MySQL root password" value=""/>
             ...
          </parameterList>
       </parameterGroup>
     </parameterList>
   </component>
  </componentList>
  ...
</project>

<project>
  ...
  <parameterList>
    ...
    <stringParameter name="build_identifier" value="" ask="0"/>
    ...
  </parameterList>
  <preBuildActionList>
     <!-- Create random identifier for the build -->
     <generateRandomValue>
       <variable>build_identifier</variable>
     </generateRandomValue>
     <!-- Date of the build -->
     <createTimeStamp>
        <variable>timestamp</variable>
     </createTimeStamp>
     <!-- Register the build information in a local file -->
     <addTextToFile>
        <file>${build_project_directory}/builds</file>
        <text>${build_identifier} - Product Version: ${project.version} - IB Version: ${installer_builder_version} - Built On: ${timestamp}</text>
     </addTextToFile>
  </preBuildActionList>
  ...
</project>

  <postInstallationActionList>
     ...
     <httpPost url="http://www.example.com/register.php" filename="${installdir}/activationUrl">
        <queryParameterList>
           <queryParameter name="build_identifier" value="${build_identifier}"/>
           <queryParameter name="version" value="${project.version}"/>
        </queryParameterList>
     </httpPost>
  </postInstallationActionList>

<project>
    ...
    <allowComponentSelection>1</allowComponentSelection>
    ...
    <componentList>
      <component>
        ...
        <name>A</name>
        ...
      </component>
      <component>
        ...
        <name>B</name>
        ...
      </component>
      <component>
        <name>C</name>
        <description>Component C</description>
        <detailedDescription>This component depends on 'A' and 'B'</detailedDescription>
        ...
        <componentSelectionValidationActionList>
          <throwError>
            <text>Component 'C' cannot be installed if you have not selected both 'A' and 'B'.</text>
            <ruleList>
              <isFalse value="${component(A).selected}"/>
              <isFalse value="${component(B).selected}" />
            </ruleList>
          </throwError>
        </componentSelectionValidationActionList>
        ...
      </component>
      ...
    </componentList>
    ...
</project>

<project>
    ...
    <allowComponentSelection>1</allowComponentSelection>
    ...
    <componentList>
      <component>
        ...
        <name>A</name>
        ...
      </component>
      <component>
        ...
        <name>B</name>
        ...
      </component>
      <component>
        <name>validatorComponent</name>
        <selected>1</selected>
        <show>0</show>
        ...
        <componentSelectionValidationActionList>
          <throwError>
            <text>You have to select at least one component.</text>
            <ruleList>
              <isFalse value="${component(A).selected}"/>
              <isFalse value="${component(B).selected}" />
            </ruleList>
          </throwError>
        </componentSelectionValidationActionList>
        ...
      </component>
      ...
    </componentList>
    ...
</project>

 $> /path/to/installer --mode text

...

Select the components you want to install; clear the components you do not want
to install. Click Next when you are ready to continue.

Application 1 [Y/n] :y

Application 1 - Optional feature 1 [Y/n] :y

Application 1 - Optional feature 2 [Y/n] :y

Application 1 - Optional feature 3 [Y/n] :n

Application 2 [Y/n] :y

Application 3 : Y (Cannot be edited)

Application 3 - Optional feature 5 [Y/n] :n

...

<project>
  <shortName>downloadabledemo</shortName>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <componentsUrl>http://example.com/installer/components/</componentsUrl>
  ...
  <componentList>
    <!-- component that should be embedded in the installer -->
    <component>
      <name>core</name>
      <description>Core features</description>
      ...
    </component>

    <!-- another component that should be embedded in the installer, specified explicitly -->
    <component>
      <name>osintegration</name>
      <downloadable>0</downloadable>
      <description>Integration with operating system</description>
      ...
    </component>

    <!-- another component that should be built as downloadable component -->
    <component>
      <name>optional</name>
      <downloadable>1</downloadable>
      <description>Optional content</description>
      ...
    </component>

  </componentList>
  ...
</project>

 $> path/to/bin/builder build project.xml linux --downloadable-components

<project>
  ...
  <componentList>
    <!-- another component that should be built as downloadable component -->
    <component>
      <name>optional3rdparty</name>
      <downloadable>1</downloadable>
      <description>Optional content, provided by other vendor</description>
      <url>http://example.net/downloads/optional3rdparty-1.0-${platform_name}.pak</url>
      ...
    </component>
  </componentList>
  ...
</project>

<project>
  <componentsDirectory>.</componentsDirectory>
  ...
</project>

<project>
  <shortName>downloadabledemo</shortName>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <componentsUrl>http://example.com/installer/components/</componentsUrl>
  ...
  <componentList>
    <component>
      <name>php</name>
      <downloadable>1</downloadable>
      <description>PHP module for Apache</description>
      <onDownloadErrorActionList>
        <throwError>
          <text>PHP module is required for phpMyAdmin. Aborting installation</text>
          <ruleList>
            <isTrue>
              <value>${project.component(phpmyadmin).selected}</value>
            </isTrue>
          </ruleList>
        </throwError>
      </onDownloadErrorActionList>
    </component>

  </componentList>
  ...
</project>

<folder>
   <description>Documentation Files</description>
   <destination>${installdir}/myDocs</destination>
   <name>documentation</name>
   <platforms>all</platforms>
   <distributionFileList>
       <distributionDirectory allowWildcards="1">
          <origin>/some/path/to/documentation/*</origin>
          <includeFiles>*/project-1-*.txt</includeFiles>
          <excludeFiles>*/project-1-secret.txt</excludeFiles>
       </distributionDirectory>
   </distributionFileList>
</folder>

   <distributionDirectory allowWildcards="1">
       <origin>/some/path/*</origin>
       <includeFiles>*/*.txt;*/*.jpg;*/*.bmp</includeFiles>
       <excludeFiles>*/*secret*.txt;*/myImage.bmp</excludeFiles>
    </distributionDirectory>

dist-files/
|-- bin
|   `-- productA
|       `-- data
|           |-- info.ini
|           `-- info.ini~
|-- docs
|   `-- reference
|       |-- README.tct~
|       |-- reference.html
|       |-- reference.html~
|       |-- reference.pdf
|       `-- reference.pdf~
`-- libraries
    |-- lib1.so
    |-- .#lib2.so
    `-- lib2.so

 <folder>
   <description>Program Files</description>
   <destination>${installdir}</destination>
   <name>programfiles</name>
   <platforms>all</platforms>
   <distributionFileList>
     <distributionDirectory>
       <origin>dist-files</origin>
       <onPackingFilterList>
          <fileNameFilter pattern="*~" logic="does_not_match" patternType="glob"/>
       </onPackingFilterList>
     </distributionDirectory>
   </distributionFileList>
 </folder>

sample-1.0
|-- dist-files
|   |-- bin
|   |   `-- productA
|   |       `-- data
|   |           `-- info.ini
|   |-- docs
|   |   `-- reference
|   |       |-- reference.html
|   |       `-- reference.pdf
|   `-- libraries
|       |-- lib1.so
|       |-- .#lib2.so
|       `-- lib2.so
|-- uninstall
`-- Uninstall Sample Project.desktop

 <folder>
   <description>Program Files</description>
   <destination>${installdir}</destination>
   <name>programfiles</name>
   <platforms>all</platforms>
   <distributionFileList>
     <distributionDirectory>
       <origin>dist-files</origin>
       <filterEvaluationLogic>and</filterEvaluationLogic>
       <onPackingFilterList>
          <fileNameFilter pattern="*~" logic="does_not_match" patternType="glob"/>
          <fileNameFilter pattern="*/.#*" logic="does_not_match" patternType="glob"/>
       </onPackingFilterList>
     </distributionDirectory>
   </distributionFileList>
 </folder>

 <folder>
   <description>Program Files</description>
   <destination>${installdir}</destination>
   <name>programfiles</name>
   <platforms>all</platforms>
   <distributionFileList>
     <distributionDirectory>
       <origin>dist-files</origin>
       <filterEvaluationLogic>or</filterEvaluationLogic>
       <onPackingFilterList>
          <fileNameFilter pattern="*.png" logic="matches" patternType="glob"/>
          <fileNameFilter pattern="*.jpg" logic="matches" patternType="glob"/>
       </onPackingFilterList>
     </distributionDirectory>
   </distributionFileList>
 </folder>

 <folder>
   <description>Program Files</description>
   <destination>${installdir}</destination>
   <name>programfiles</name>
   <platforms>all</platforms>
   <distributionFileList>
     <distributionDirectory>
       <origin>dist-files</origin>
       <onPackingFilterList>
          <fileNameFilter pattern="/([A-Z]{3}[^/]*\.png|[0-9]+[^/]*temp[^/]*\.txt)$" logic="does_not_match" patternType="regexp"/>
       </onPackingFilterList>
     </distributionDirectory>
   </distributionFileList>
 </folder>

 <folder>
   <destination>${installdir}</destination>
   <name>programfiles</name>
   <distributionFileList>
     <distributionDirectory>
       <origin>dist-files</origin>
       <onPackingFilterList>
          <fileNameFilter pattern="*.png;*.jpg" logic="matches" patternType="glob"/>
       </onPackingFilterList>
     </distributionDirectory>
   </distributionFileList>
 </folder>

 <folder>
   <description>Program Files</description>
   <destination>${installdir}</destination>
   <name>programfiles</name>
   <platforms>all</platforms>
   <distributionFileList>
     <distributionDirectory>
       <origin>dist-files</origin>
       <filterEvaluationLogic>or</filterEvaluationLogic>
       <onPackingFilterList>
          <fileNameFilter pattern="*.jpg" logic="matches" patternType="glob"/>
          <fileNameFilter pattern="*.png" logic="matches" patternType="glob"/>
       </onPackingFilterList>
     </distributionDirectory>
   </distributionFileList>
 </folder>

 <folder>
   <destination>${installdir}</destination>
   <name>programfiles</name>
   <distributionFileList>
     <distributionDirectory>
       <origin>dist-files</origin>
       <filterEvaluationLogic>and</filterEvaluationLogic>
       <onPackingFilterList>
          <fileNameFilter pattern=".*\.(png|jpg)$" logic="matches" patternType="regexp"/>
       </onPackingFilterList>
     </distributionDirectory>
   </distributionFileList>
 </folder>

 <folder>
   <description>Program Files</description>
   <destination>${installdir}</destination>
   <name>programfiles</name>
   <platforms>all</platforms>
   <distributionFileList>
     <distributionDirectory>
       <origin>dist-files</origin>
       <filterEvaluationLogic>and</filterEvaluationLogic>
       <onPackingFilterList>
          <!-- Include files that do not end in .txt or if they are located in the readme dir -->
          <filterGroup>
             <filterEvaluationLogic>or</filterEvaluationLogic>
             <onPackingFilterList>
               <fileNameFilter pattern="*.txt" logic="does_not_match" patternType="glob"/>
               <fileNameFilter pattern="*/readme/*" logic="matches" patternType="glob"/>
             </onPackingFilterList>
          </filterGroup>
          <!-- Include files that do not end in .png or .jpg or if they are located in the images dir -->
          <filterGroup>
             <filterEvaluationLogic>or</filterEvaluationLogic>
             <onPackingFilterList>
               <fileNameFilter pattern=".*\.png;.*\.jpg" logic="does_not_match" patternType="regexp"/>
               <fileNameFilter pattern="*/images/*" logic="matches" patternType="glob"/>
             </onPackingFilterList>
          </filterGroup>
       </onPackingFilterList>
     </distributionDirectory>
   </distributionFileList>
 </folder>

  <labelParameter>
     <name>summary</name>
     <title>Summary</title>
     <explanation></explanation>
     <preShowPageActionList>
        <setInstallerVariable>
           <name>text</name>
           <value>You are about to install ${project.fullName}.

Please review the below information:

Installation Directory: ${installdir}

Username: ${username}

License File: ${license_file}

Installed Components:
</value>
        </setInstallerVariable>
        <foreach>
           <variables>component</variables>
           <values>component1 component2 component3</values>
           <actionList>
              <!-- Just include selected Components -->
              <continue>
                <ruleList>
                   <isFalse>
                     <value>${component(${component}).selected}</value>
                   </isFalse>
                </ruleList>
              </continue>
              <setInstallerVariable>
                <name>text</name>
                <value>${text}

${component(${component}).description}</value>
              </setInstallerVariable>
           </actionList>
        </foreach>
     </preShowPageActionList>
  </labelParameter>

  <choiceParameter>
     <name>installMode</name>
     <description>Select the installation mode</description>
     <explanation></explanation>
     <displayType>combobox</displayType>
     <width>30</width>
     <optionList>
       <option>
         <description>Upgrade</description>
         <text>Upgrade</text>
         <value>upgrade</value>
       </option>
       <option>
         <description>Uninstall</description>
         <text>Uninstall</text>
         <value>uninstall</value>
       </option>
     </optionList>
     <postShowPageActionList>
        <!-- Set upgrade mode in the project -->
        <setInstallerVariable>
          <name>project.installationType</name>
          <value>upgrade</value>
          <ruleList>
             <compareText text="${installMode}" logic="equals" value="upgrade"/>
          </ruleList>
        </setInstallerVariable>
     </postShowPageActionList>
  </choiceParameter>

<passwordParameter>
   <name>password</name>
   <description>Password</description>
   <explanation>Administrator account password. It must include at least 2 uppers, 2 lowers, 2 digits and 2 special characters and be at least 10 characters long.</explanation>
   <value></value>
   <default></default>
   <allowEmptyValue>1</allowEmptyValue>
   <descriptionRetype></descriptionRetype>
   <width>20</width>
   <validationActionList>
     <throwError text="The password provided is not strong enough">
       <ruleList>
          <regExMatch>
             <logic>does_not_match</logic>
             <pattern>^(?=(?:\D*\d){2})(?=(?:[^a-z]*[a-z]){2})(?=(?:[^A-Z]*[A-Z]){2})(?=(?:[^!@#$%^&amp;*+=]*[!@#$%^&amp;*+=]){2}).{10,}$</pattern>
             <text>${password}</text>
          </regExMatch>
       </ruleList>
     </throwError>
   </validationActionList>
</passwordParameter>

  <directoryParameter>
     <name>installdir</name>
     <value></value>
     <description>Installation Directory</description>
     <explanation>Please specify the directory where ${project.fullName} will be installed</explanation>
     <default>${platform_install_prefix}/${project.shortName}-${project.version}</default>
     <cliOptionName>prefix</cliOptionName>
     <ask>yes</ask>
     <mustBeWritable>yes</mustBeWritable>
     <validationActionList>
        <throwError>
            <text>You don't have enough disk space to install the application,
            please select another installation directory</text>
            <ruleList>
               <checkFreeDiskSpace>
                  <logic>less</logic>
                  <path>${installdir}</path>
                  <!-- ${required_diskspace} is automatically calculated by
                  InstallBuilder with all the files packed -->
                  <size>${required_diskspace}</size>
               </checkFreeDiskSpace>
            </ruleList>
        </throwError>
     </validationActionList>
  </directoryParameter>

<preInstallationActionList>
  <actionGroup>
     <actionList>
        <!-- Validate the password is not empty -->
        <throwError text="You must provide a non-empty password using --masterpassword command line flag">
           <ruleList>
              <compareText text="${masterpassword}" logic="equals" value=""/>
           </ruleList>
        </throwError>

        <!-- Validate the installation directory has enough disk space -->
        <throwError>
           <text>You don't have enough disk space to install the application,
           please select another installation directory</text>
           <ruleList>
             <checkFreeDiskSpace>
                <logic>less</logic>
                <path>${installdir}</path>
                <!-- ${required_diskspace} is automatically calculated by
                InstallBuilder with all the files packed -->
                <size>${required_diskspace}</size>
             </checkFreeDiskSpace>
           </ruleList>
        </throwError>
        ...
     </actionList>
     <ruleList>
       <compareText>
         <text>${installer_interactivity}</text>
         <logic>does_not_equal</logic>
         <value>normal</value>
       </compareText>
     </ruleList>
  </actionGroup>
</preInstallationActionList>
...
<parameterList>
  <passwordParameter>
     <ask>yes</ask>
     <name>masterpassword</name>
     <allowEmptyValue>0</allowEmptyValue>
     <description>Password</description>
     ...
  </passwordParameter>
  <directoryParameter>
     <name>installdir</name>
     <value></value>
     <default>${platform_install_prefix}/${project.shortName}-${project.version}</default>
     ...
  </directoryParameter>
  ...
</parameterList>

    <stringParameter>
      <name>hostname</name>
      <default>localhost</default>
      <value></value>
      <ask>1</ask>
      <description>Hostname</description>
      <explanation>Please enter the hostname for your application server.</explanation>
    </stringParameter>

    <labelParameter>
        <name>label</name>
        <title>labelParameter test</title>
        <description>This is a warning message inside an installer page.</description>
	<image>/path/to/icons/warning.png</image>
    </labelParameter>

  <!-- The installation directory won't be selectable by the end user so we
  hide it setting ask=0 -->
  <directoryParameter>
     <name>installdir</name>
     ...
     <description>Installation Directory</description>
     <default>${platform_install_prefix}/${project.shortName}-${project.version}</default>
     <ask>0</ask>
     ...
  </directoryParameter>
  <!-- We display the read-only version of the installation directory -->
  <labelParameter>
     <name>readOnlyInstalldir</name>
     <title>Installation Directory</title>
     <explanation>Directory where ${project.fullName} will be installed</explanation>
     <description>Installation Directory: ${installdir}</description>
  </labelParameter>

  <linkParameter>
     <name>visitwebsite</name>
     <description>More information.</description>
     <clickedActionList>
        <launchBrowser url="http://example.com/more_information.html" />
     </clickedActionList>
  </linkParameter>

  <fileParameter>
     <name>licenseFile</name>
     <value></value>
     <description>License File</description>
     <explanation>Please specify the downloaded license file</explanation>
     <ask>yes</ask>
     <mustBeWritable>yes</mustBeWritable>
  </fileParameter>

  <fileParameter>
     <name>previousProductPath</name>
     <value></value>
     <description>Previous Installation Path</description>
     <explanation>The installer cannot find "${project.shortName}-${oldVersion}.app" bundle under /Applications. Please manually select it</explanation>
     <osxBundlesAreFiles>1</osxBundlesAreFiles>
     <ruleList>
        <fileExists path="/Applications/${project.shortName}-${oldVersion}.app" negate="1"/>
     </ruleList>
  </fileParameter>

  <directoryParameter>
     <name>installdir</name>
     <value></value>
     <description>Installation Directory</description>
     <explanation>Please specify the directory where ${project.fullName}  will be installed</explanation>
     <default>${platform_install_prefix}/${project.shortName}-${project.version}</default>
     <cliOptionName>prefix</cliOptionName>
     <ask>yes</ask>
    <mustBeWritable>yes</mustBeWritable>
  </directoryParameter>

    <booleanParameter>
      <name>createdb</name>
      <ask>yes</ask>
      <default>1</default>
      <title>Database Install</title>
      <explanation>Should initial database structure and data be created?</explanation>
      <value>1</value>
    </booleanParameter>

    <infoParameter>
      <name>serverinfo</name>
      <title>Web Server</title>
      <explanation>Web Server Settings</explanation>
      <value>Important Information! In the following screen you will be asked to provide (...)</value>
    </infoParameter>

    <infoParameter>
      <name>serverinfo</name>
      <title>Web Server</title>
      <explanation>Web Server Settings</explanation>
      <value>Important Information! In the following screen you will be asked to provide (...)</value>
      <!-- CDATA is just used to avoid the need of escaping the HTML tags -->
      <htmlValue><![CDATA[
<H1><font color="red">Important Information! </font></H1><br/>
In the following screen you will be asked to provide (...)
]]></htmlValue>
    </infoParameter>

 <choiceParameter>
      <ask>1</ask>
      <default>http</default>
      <description>Which protocol?</description>
      <explanation>Default protocol to access the login page.</explanation>
      <title>Protocol Selection</title>
      <name>protocol</name>
      <optionList>
        <option>
          <value>http</value>
          <text>HTTP (insecure)</text>
          <description>Hypertext Transfer Protocol</description>
          <image>http.png</image>
        </option>
        <option>
          <value>https</value>
          <text>HTTPS (secure)</text>
          <description>Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure</description>
          <image>https.png</image>
        </option>
      </optionList>
 </choiceParameter>

      <passwordParameter>
        <ask>yes</ask>
        <name>masterpassword</name>
        <description>Password</description>
        <askForConfirmation>1</askForConfirmation>
        <descriptionRetype>Retype password</descriptionRetype>
        <explanation>Please provide a password for the database user</explanation>
        <cliOptionName>password</cliOptionName>
        <default/>
        <value/>
      </passwordParameter>

<licenseParameter>
  <name>javalicense</name>
  <fileEncoding>utf-8</fileEncoding>
  <file>/path/to/license.txt</file>
</licenseParameter>

<licenseParameter>
  <name>javalicense</name>
  <fileEncoding>utf-8</fileEncoding>
  <file>/path/to/license.txt</file>
  <htmlFile>/path/to/license.html</htmlFile>
</licenseParameter>

$> lynx -dump license.html > license.txt

 <addChoiceOptions>
    <name>language</name>
    <optionList>
      <option>
        <value>en</value>
        <text>English</text>
      </option>
      <option>
        <value>es</value>
        <text>Spanish</text>
      </option>
    </optionList>
 </addChoiceOptions>

 <addChoiceOptionsFromText>
    <name>language</name>
    <text>
jp=Japanese
jp.description=Language spoken in Japan
de=German
de.description=Language spoken in Germany
it=Italian
it.description=Language spoken in Italy
pl=Polish
pl.description=Language spoken in Poland
ru=Russian
ru.description=Language spoken in Russia
</text>
 </addChoiceOptionsFromText>

 <addChoiceOptionsFromText>
    <name>choice</name>
    <text>
${value1}=${text1}
${value1}.description=${description1}
${value2}=${text2}
${value2}.description=${description2}
${value3}=${text3}
${value3}.description=${description3}
</text>
 </addChoiceOptionsFromText>

 <!-- Get list of files -->
 <setInstallerVariableFromScriptOutput>
   <name>languages</name>
   <exec>find</exec>
   <execArgs>*.lng</execArgs>
   <workingDirectory>${installdir}/lang</workingDirectory>
 </setInstallerVariableFromScriptOutput>

 <!-- Iterate over the files and create the choice text file -->
 <setInstallerVariable name="choiceText" value=""/>
 <foreach variables="file" values="${languages}">
    <actionList>
        <!-- Strip the extension to create the key -->
        <setInstallerVariableFromRegEx name="key" pattern="([^\.])*" substitution="\1" text="${file}"/>
        <!-- Add a new choice option to the text &#xA; is the escaped sequence for \n-->
        <setInstallerVariable name="choiceText" value="${choiceText}&#xA;lang_${key}=${file}"/>
    </actionList>
 </foreach>

 <addChoiceOptionsFromText>
    <name>language</name>
    <text>${choiceText}</text>
 </addChoiceOptionsFromText>

 <removeChoiceOptions>
    <name>language</name>
    <options>en,es,jp</options>
 </removeChoiceOptions>

 <removeChoiceOptions name="language"/>

  <choiceParameter>
      <ask>1</ask>
      <default></default>
      <description></description>
      <explanation>Installation Language of the installer application.</explanation>
      <title>Installation Language</title>
      <name>language</name>
      <preShowPageActionList>
          <removeChoiceOptions name="language"/>
          <!-- Get the list of languages and create the choice options -->
          <setInstallerVariableFromScriptOutput ... />
          ...
          <setInstallerVariable name="choiceText" value=""/>
          <foreach variables="file" values="${languages}">
              <actionList>
              ...
              </actionList>
          </foreach>
          <addChoiceOptionsFromText name="language" text="${choiceText}"/>
      </preShowPageActionList>
   </choiceParameter>

<choiceParameter>
  <name>applicationToDelete</name>
  <description>Select the Application to uninstall</description>
  <displayType>combobox</displayType>
  <ordering>default</ordering>
  <width>40</width>
  <postShowPageActionList>
    <foreach>
      <values>${installedApplications}</values>
      <variables>key name value</variables>
      <actionList>
        <md5 text="${key}" variable="md5"/>
        <actionGroup>
          <actionList>
            <registryGet>
              <key>${key}</key>
              <name>UninstallString</name>
              <variable>uninstallCmd</variable>
            </registryGet>
            <showProgressDialog>
              <title>Uninstalling ${value}</title>
              <actionList>
                <runProgram>
                  <program>${uninstallCmd}</program>
                  <programArguments>--mode unattended</programArguments>
                </runProgram>
              </actionList>
            </showProgressDialog>
            <break/>
          </actionList>
          <ruleList>
            <compareText>
              <text>${md5}</text>
              <logic>equals</logic>
              <value>${applicationToDelete}</value>
            </compareText>
          </ruleList>
        </actionGroup>
      </actionList>
    </foreach>
  </postShowPageActionList>
  <preShowPageActionList>
    <removeChoiceOptions>
      <name>applicationToDelete</name>
      <options></options>
    </removeChoiceOptions>
    <registryFind>
      <findAll>1</findAll>
      <keyPattern>*</keyPattern>
      <namePattern>DisplayName</namePattern>
      <rootKey>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall</rootKey>
      <searchDepth>1</searchDepth>
      <variable>installedApplications</variable>
    </registryFind>
    <setInstallerVariable>
      <name>text</name>
      <value></value>
    </setInstallerVariable>
    <foreach>
      <values>${installedApplications}</values>
      <variables>key name value</variables>
      <actionList>
        <registryGet>
          <key>${key}</key>
          <name>Publisher</name>
          <variable>publisher</variable>
        </registryGet>
        <actionGroup>
          <actionList>
            <md5 text="${key}" variable="md5"/>
            <setInstallerVariable>
              <name>text</name>
              <value>${text}
${md5}=${value}</value>
            </setInstallerVariable>
          </actionList>
          <ruleList>
            <compareText>
              <logic>equals</logic>
              <text>${publisher}</text>
              <value>${project.vendor}</value>
            </compareText>
          </ruleList>
        </actionGroup>
      </actionList>
    </foreach>
    <addChoiceOptionsFromText>
      <name>applicationToDelete</name>
      <text>${text}</text>
    </addChoiceOptionsFromText>
  </preShowPageActionList>
</choiceParameter>

<project>
  ...
  <initializationActionList>
    <writeFile>
      <encoding>utf-8</encoding>
      <path>${system_temp_directory}/drives.vbs</path>
      <text>Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set colDrives = objFSO.Drives
For Each objDrive in colDrives
  If objDrive.DriveType = 2 Then
    Wscript.Echo objDrive.DriveLetter
  End If
Next
  </text>
    </writeFile>
    <setInstallerVariableFromScriptOutput>
      <exec>cscript.exe</exec>
      <execArgs>//NOLOGO "${system_temp_directory}/drives.vbs"</execArgs>
      <name>drives</name>
    </setInstallerVariableFromScriptOutput>
    <foreach>
      <values>${drives}</values>
      <variables>drive</variables>
      <actionList>
        <addChoiceOptions>
          <name>targetdrive</name>
          <optionList>
            <option>
              <value>${drive}</value>
              <text>Drive ${drive}</text>
           </option>
          </optionList>
        </addChoiceOptions>
      </actionList>
    </foreach>
  </initializationActionList>
  ...
  <parameterList>
    <choiceParameter>
      <name>targetdrive</name>
      <description>Which drive?</description>
      <explanation>Disk drive to install application to</explanation>
      <value></value>
      <default></default>
      <allowEmptyValue>0</allowEmptyValue>
      <displayType>radiobuttons</displayType>
      <ordering>default</ordering>
      <width>40</width>
      <postShowPageActionList>
        <setInstallerVariable>
          <name>installdir</name>
          <value>${targetdrive}:/${project.shortName}</value>
        </setInstallerVariable>
      </postShowPageActionList>
      <validationActionList>
        <!-- Do not allow selecting a drive without write access -->
        <throwError>
          <text>Selected drive cannot be written to</text>
          <ruleList>
             <fileTest>
               <condition>not_writable</condition>
               <path>${targetdrive}:/</path>
             </fileTest>
          </ruleList>
        </throwError>
      </validationActionList>
    </choiceParameter>
    ...
    <directoryParameter>
      <name>installdir</name>
      <value></value>
      <allowEmptyValue>0</allowEmptyValue>
      <ask>0</ask>
    </directoryParameter>
  </parameterList>
</project>

   <parameterGroup>
     <name>userandpass</name>
     <explanation>Please enter the username and password for your database.</explanation>
     <parameterList>
       <stringParameter>
         <name>username</name>
         <default>admin</default>
         <description>Username</description>
       </stringParameter>
       <passwordParameter>
         <ask>yes</ask>
         <name>masterpass</name>
         <description>Password</description>
         <descriptionRetype>Retype password</descriptionRetype>
         <explanation>Please provide a password for the database user</explanation>
         <cliOptionName>password</cliOptionName>
       </passwordParameter>
     </parameterList>
   </parameterGroup>

 <parameterGroup>
    <name>licensekey</name>
    <title>License Key</title>
    <explanation>Please enter your registration key</explanation>
    <value></value>
    <default></default>
    <orientation>horizontal</orientation>
    <parameterList>
       <!-- A stringParameter for each field. We include a "-" as description to simulate the license-type format -->
       <stringParameter name="code1" description="" allowEmptyValue="0" width="4"/>
       <stringParameter name="code2" description="-" allowEmptyValue="0" width="4"/>
       <stringParameter name="code3" description="-" allowEmptyValue="0" width="4"/>
       <stringParameter name="code4" description="-" allowEmptyValue="0" width="4"/>
    </parameterList>
    <validationActionList>
       <foreach variables="field">
          <values>"${code1}" "${code2}" "${code3}" "${code4}"</values>
          <actionList>
             <throwError>
                <text>${field}: Field should be four digits length</text>
                <ruleList>
                    <compareTextLength text="${field}" logic="equals" length="4" negate="1"/>
                </ruleList>
             </throwError>
             <throwError>
                <text>${field}: Should be a pure digit string</text>
                <ruleList>
                    <stringTest text="${field}" type="digit" negate="1"/>
                </ruleList>
             </throwError>
          </actionList>
       </foreach>
    </validationActionList>
    <postShowPageActionList>
       <setInstallerVariable name="normalizedkey" value="${code1}${code2}${code3}${code4}"/>
    </postShowPageActionList>
    <ruleList>
        <compareText text="${installer_ui}" logic="equals" value="gui"/>
    </ruleList>
 </parameterGroup>

 <stringParameter>
    <name>licensekeytext</name>
    <title>License Key</title>
    <description>Please introduce your registration key:</description>
    <ruleList>
       <compareText text="${installer_ui}" logic="equals" value="text"/>
    </ruleList>
 </stringParameter>

    <parameterList>
       <directoryParameter>
          <name>installdir</name>
          <description>This is the description</description>
          <explanation>And here goes the explanation</explanation>
          <default>${platform_install_prefix}/${project.shortName}-${project.version}</default>
          <ask>yes</ask>
          <cliOptionName>prefix</cliOptionName>
       </directoryParameter>
       <!-- Will Not be displayed in help menu -->
       <stringParameter name="secretFlg" value="" ask="0"/>
    </parameterList>

    <parameterList>
       <stringParameter>
          <name>license</name>
          <description>License Registration Page</description>
          <explanation>Please introduce you license number</explanation>
          <ask>yes</ask>
          <ruleList>
              <isTrue value="${validateLicense}"/>
          </ruleList>
       </stringParameter>
       <!-- Will Not be displayed in help menu -->
       <booleanParameter name="validateLicense" value="1" ask="0"/>
    </parameterList>

$> myInstaller.run --validateLicense 0

    <parameterList>
       <stringParameter>
          <name>create_shortcuts</name>
          <description>Create shortcuts</description>
          <explanation>Whether to create or not shortcuts to the application</explanation>
          <ask>yes</ask>
          <ruleList>
              <isTrue value="0"/>
          </ruleList>
       </stringParameter>
    </parameterList>

prefix=/tmp
validateLicense=0
installDocumentation=1
...

$> myInstaller.run --optionfile path/to/configuration.options

$> ls some/output/directory
$> myInstaller.run
$> myInstaller.run.options

Sample Project 1.0
Usage:

 --help                                      Display the list of valid options

 --version                                   Display product information

 --unattendedmodeui <unattendedmodeui>       Unattended Mode UI
                                             Default: none
                                             Allowed: none minimal minimalWithDialogs

 --optionfile <optionfile>                   Installation option file
                                             Default:

 --debuglevel <debuglevel>                   Debug information level of verbosity
                                             Default: 2
                                             Allowed: 0 1 2 3 4

 --mode <mode>                               Installation mode
                                             Default: gtk
                                             Allowed: gtk xwindow text unattended

 --debugtrace <debugtrace>                   Debug filename
                                             Default:

 --enable-components <enable-components>     Comma-separated list of components
                                             Default: default
                                             Allowed: default

 --disable-components <disable-components>   Comma-separated list of components
                                             Default:
                                             Allowed: default

 --installer-language <installer-language>   Language selection
                                             Default: en
                                             Allowed: sq ar es_AR az eu pt_BR bg ca hr cs da nl en et fi fr de el he hu id it ja kk ko lv lt no fa pl pt ro ru sr zh_CN sk sl es sv th zh_TW tr tk uk va vi cy

 --prefix <prefix>                           Installation Directory
                                             Default: /home/user/sample-1.0

<preInstallationActionList>
   <setInstallerVariable>
     <name>installdir</name>
     <value>${env(SYSTEMDRIVE)}/${project.shortName}</value>
     <ruleList>
        <platformTest type="windows"/>
     </ruleList>
   </setInstallerVariable>
   <setInstallerVariable>
     <name>installdir</name>
     <value>/usr/local/${project.shortName}</value>
     <ruleList>
        <platformTest type="linux"/>
     </ruleList>
   </setInstallerVariable>
</preInstallationActionList>

<project>
    ...
    <initializationActionList>
        <showInfo>
            <text>I'm the project in the initialization</text>
        </showInfo>
    </initializationActionList>
    <preInstallationActionList>
        <showInfo>
            <text>I'm the project in the preInstallation</text>
        </showInfo>
    </preInstallationActionList>
    <componentList>
        <component>
            <name>componentA</name>
            <description>Component A</description>
            ...
            <initializationActionList>
                <showInfo>
                    <text>I'm Component A in the initialization</text>
                </showInfo>
            </initializationActionList>
            <preInstallationActionList>
                <showInfo>
                    <text>I'm Component A in the preInstallation</text>
                </showInfo>
            </preInstallationActionList>
        </component>
        <component>
            <name>componentB</name>
            <description>Component B</description>
            <canBeEdited>1</canBeEdited>
            ...
            <initializationActionList>
                <showInfo>
                    <text>I'm Component B in the initialization</text>
                </showInfo>
            </initializationActionList>
            <preInstallationActionList>
                <showInfo>
                    <text>I'm Component B in the preInstallation</text>
                </showInfo>
            </preInstallationActionList>
        </component>
    </componentList>
</project>

 I'm the project  in the initialization
 I'm Component A in the initialization
 I'm Component B in the initialization
 I'm the project  in the preinstallation
 I'm Component A in the preInstallation
 I'm Component B in the preInstallation

 <finalPageActionList>
   <runProgram>
      <program>${installdir}/bin/myApplication.exe</program>
      <programArguments>--arg1 value1 --arg2 value 2 &amp;</programArguments>
   </runProgram>
 </finalPageActionList>

$> /Applications/InstallBuilder\ Professional\ 24.7.0/bin/Builder.app

   <runProgram>
      <program>/Applications/InstallBuilder Professional 24.7.0/bin/Builder.app</program>
   </runProgram>

   <runProgram>
      <program>open</program>
      <programArguments>"${installdir}/YourApplication.app"</programArguments>
   </runProgram>

   <runProgram>
      <program>open</program>
      <programArguments>-W "${installdir}/YourApplication.app"</programArguments>
   </runProgram>

   <runProgram>
      <program>open</program>
      <programArguments>-W "${installdir}/YourApplication.app" --args --data-dir ${installdir}/data --check-for-updates</programArguments>
   </runProgram>

$> defaults read /Applications/InstallBuilder/bin/Builder.app/Contents/Info CFBundleExecutable

$> emacs Builder.app/Contents/Info.plist

   <runProgram>
      <program>/Applications/InstallBuilder/bin/Builder.app/Contents/MacOS/installbuilder.sh</program>
      <programArguments>build ~/project.xml linux</programArguments>
   </runProgram>

<project>
 ...
 <functionDefinitionList>
  <actionDefinition>
    <name>getPreviousInstallDir</name>
      <actionList>
         <setInstallerVariable name="dir" value=""/>
         <setInstallerVariable name="dir" value="${env(OLD_DIR)}" >
           <ruleList>
              <platformTest type="unix"/>
           </ruleList>
         </setInstallerVariable>
         <registryGet>
           <key>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\${project.windowsSoftwareRegistryPrefix}</key>
           <name>Location</name>
           <variable>installdir</variable>
           <ruleList>
              <platformTest type="windows"/>
           </ruleList>
         </registryGet>
         <!-- Set the return value. ${result} contains the name
         of the variable provided by the caller -->
         <setInstallerVariable name="${result}" value="${dir}"/>
      </actionList>
      <parameterList>
         <stringParameter name="result" value="" default=""/>
      </parameterList>
  </actionDefinition>
 </functionDefinitionList>
 ...
 <initializationActionList>
   <getPreviousInstallDir result="previous_dir"/>
 </initializationActionList>
 ...
</project>

<project>
 ...
 <functionDefinitionList>
  <actionDefinition>
    <name>getPreviousInstallDir</name>
      <actionList>
         <!-- Define the variable configured as global -->
         <globalVariables names="${result}"/>
         <setInstallerVariable name="dir" value=""/>
         <setInstallerVariable name="dir" value="${env(OLD_DIR)}" >
           <ruleList>
              <platformTest type="unix"/>
           </ruleList>
         </setInstallerVariable>
         <registryGet>
           <key>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\${project.windowsSoftwareRegistryPrefix}</key>
           <name>Location</name>
           <variable>installdir</variable>
           <ruleList>
              <platformTest type="windows"/>
           </ruleList>
         </registryGet>
         <!-- Set the return value. ${result} contains the name
         of the variable provided by the caller -->
         <setInstallerVariable name="${result}" value="${dir}"/>
      </actionList>
      <parameterList>
         <stringParameter name="result" value="" default=""/>
      </parameterList>
  </actionDefinition>
 </functionDefinitionList>
 ...
 <initializationActionList>
   <getPreviousInstallDir result="previous_dir"/>
 </initializationActionList>
 ...
</project>

<project>
  ...
  <initializationActionList>
    <myShowInfo/>
  </initializationActionList>
  ...
  <functionDefinitionList>
    <actionDefinition>
       <name>myShowInfo</name>
       <actionList>
         <showInfo text="This is a customized showInfo: ${text}"/>
       </actionList>
       <parameterList>
         <stringParameter name="text"/>
       </parameterList>
    </actionDefinition>
  </functionDefinitionList>
  ...
</project>

<project>
  ...
  <functionDefinitionList>
    <actionDefinition>
       <name>myShowInfo</name>
       <actionList>
         <showInfo text="This is a customized showInfo: ${text}"/>
       </actionList>
       <parameterList>
         <stringParameter name="text"/>
       </parameterList>
    </actionDefinition>
  </functionDefinitionList>
  ...
  <initializationActionList>
    <myShowInfo/>
  </initializationActionList>
  ...
</project>

<initializationActionList>
   <throwError text="This will abort the installation!"/>
   <showInfo text="This will never be executed"/>
</initializationActionList>

<initializationActionList>
   <throwError text="This will not abort the installation!" abortOnError="0"/>
   <showInfo text="And this will be executed after the error pop-up"/>
</initializationActionList>

<initializationActionList>
   <throwError text="This will not abort the installation but no other action in the initializationActionList will be executed!" showMessageOnError="0"/>
   <showInfo text="This will never be executed"/>
</initializationActionList>

<initializationActionList>
   <!-- The below will fail in some cases
   but we do not want to display any error or to abort -->
   <runProgram>
      <program>which</program>
      <programArguments>gksudo</programArguments>
      <showMessageOnError>0</showMessageOnError>
      <abortOnError>0</abortOnError>
   </runProgram>
   <showInfo text="gksudo is not available" >
      <ruleList>
         <compareText text="${program_stdout}" logic="equals" value=""/>
      </ruleList>
   </showInfo>
   <showInfo text="gksudo is available and its path is ${program_stdout}" >
      <ruleList>
         <compareText text="${program_stdout}" logic="does_not_equal" value=""/>
      </ruleList>
   </showInfo>
</initializationActionList>

 <runProgram>
   <program>foo</program>
   <customErrorMessage>foo must be installed, aborting...</customErrorMessage>
 </runProgram>

 <runProgram>
   <program>foo</program>
   <customErrorMessage>foo must be installed: ${installer_error_message_original}</customErrorMessage>
 </runProgram>

  <!-- Try to copy some images to the installation directory and then create a pdf
  file but if the process fail, do not want to preserve the images and the malformed
  pdf file. The action will take care of the cleaning itself -->
  <actionGroup>
     <actionList>
        <!-- ${installer_directory} is resolved to the
        directory of the installer -->
        <copyFile origin="${installer_directory}/images" destination="${installdir}"/>
        <runProgram>
          <program>convert</program>
          <programArguments>${installdir}/images/*.jpg ${installdir}/myImages.pdf</programArguments>
        </runProgram>
     </actionList>
     <onErrorActionList>
        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/images"/>
        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/myImages.pdf"/>
     </onErrorActionList>
  </actionGroup>

 <runProgram>
    <customErrorMessage>Error generating pdf file</customErrorMessage>
    <program>convert</program>
    <programArguments>${installdir}/images/*.jpg ${installdir}/myImages.pdf</programArguments>
    <onErrorActionList>
      <logMessage>
        <text>Error generating pdf file: ${installer_error_message_original}</text>
      </logMessage>
    </onErrorActionList>
 </runProgram>

<project>
  ...
  <installationAbortedActionList>
     <deleteFile path="${installdir}"/>
  </installationAbortedActionList>
  ...
</project>

<directoryParameter>
   <name>installdir</name>
   <validationActionList>
      <throwError text="This page will be displayed again and again !"/>
   </validationActionList>
</directoryParameter>

<component>
    <name>C</name>
    <description>Component C</description>
    <detailedDescription>This component depends on 'A' and 'B'</detailedDescription>
    ...
    <componentSelectionValidationActionList>
        <throwError>
            <text>Component 'C' cannot be installed if you have not selected both 'A' and 'B'.</text>
            <ruleList>
                <isFalse value="${component(A).selected}"/>
                <isFalse value="${component(B).selected}" />
            </ruleList>
        </throwError>
    </componentSelectionValidationActionList>
    ...
</component>